Have AR prices dropped since the ban went away?

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Have AR prices dropped since the ban went away?

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:06:47 PM EDT

I was talking to someone today who said that the Prices of AR rifles have gone down alot since the AW ban ended........Personally, I haven't seen evidence of this......what do ya'll think?

GhostCat

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:07:59 PM EDT

[#1]

No.

Its not like you couldn't get an AR15 during the ban...

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:09:15 PM EDT

[#2]

stayed the same or went up a little
obviously pre ban stuff took a hit but not a huge one as there are still a couple of ban states

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:10:11 PM EDT

[#3]

Pre-ban rifles = drop like a rock

No ban rifles = about the same as post bans when the AWB was on, up a little because of inflation

Parts kits + stripped lowers = up some, because of inflation

Parts kits and stripped lowers will save you a couple of hundred bucks on a complete rifle. But you have to put it together yourself. But it's fun!

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:11:25 PM EDT

[#4]

AR prices may not have dropped but the price on Beta-Cs dropped like a rock.

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:12:00 PM EDT

[#5]

What I don't understand is why after 1.5 years the manufacturers are still behind.

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:12:34 PM EDT

[#6]

Roboman, I like your avatar.

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:13:23 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Roboman, I like your avatar.

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:15:33 PM EDT

[#8]

From what I see around here, prices on them [no bans] are actually up. There was a pretty good jump around the beginning of the year. Glad I bought all of mine in the first few months after it ended as I did pretty well.

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:18:57 PM EDT

[#9]

I don't know what you guys are smoking. The average price on AR15 now is around 800 bucks. During the ban they were around a grand. What is funny is that certain shops are still trying to sell neutered guns for higher than you can buy brand new for.

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:20:59 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
What I don't understand is why after 1.5 years the manufacturers are still behind.

You might not know, but there's a war on... that tends to eat up parts

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:23:40 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
I don't know what you guys are smoking. The average price on AR15 now is around 800 bucks. During the ban they were around a grand. What is funny is that certain shops are still trying to sell neutered guns for higher than you can buy brand new for.

You must live in Commiefornia.........The Prices were $800 before the ban and the are about $850 now........sheesh......

GhostCat

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:23:49 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
I don't know what you guys are smoking. The average price on AR15 now is around 800 bucks. During the ban they were around a grand. What is funny is that certain shops are still trying to sell neutered guns for higher than you can buy brand new for.

I assume that by "neutered" you mean post-ban.

If you think that's bad, check this out! Prepare yoursel!

California Legal Colt AR-15

Posted: 2/19/2006 2:52:54 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I don't know what you guys are smoking. The average price on AR15 now is around 800 bucks. During the ban they were around a grand. What is funny is that certain shops are still trying to sell neutered guns for higher than you can buy brand new for.

You must live in Commiefornia.........The Prices were $800 before the ban and the are about $850 now........sheesh......

GhostCat

Nope, if you looked below my name you would see I live in Maine.

Now, maybe I don't know all the "IN" places to get deals, or at least I didn't during the ban, but every place I knew of ones for sale they were 1100 or more. Now, even in my local rag the prices have dropped to 5-600 for most, and I see them online everywhere starting at 650 for low end up to 2gs fully loaded.

But for the most part the prices have come down in my area. YMMV

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Posted: 2/19/2006 3:14:50 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Quoted:
What I don't understand is why after 1.5 years the manufacturers are still behind.

You might not know, but there's a war on... that tends to eat up parts

Yeah, I'm sure RRA and DSA and few others are effected by this.